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Chuck writes…
Malahide, cricket and I can only mean two of two things: rain, and an abandoned match.
I did get to see some cricket, though.
As you can see from the below, Dolly Parton (for it is she) has got herself into an awful position trying to play a shot off Colourful Caterpillar’s wily bowling….
… but (see below, again) somehow Dolly has worked it off her pads for somewhere between “nine to five” runs, judging by the reactions of just about everybody.
It was, quite frankly, a ridiculous shot in the wet conditions, which really demanded a bit more patience on Dolly’s part. I don’t know what the selectors will think of that.
Anyway.
Dolly Parton. At the actual cricket. In wet Malahide.
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Excellent match report.
Were I the headline writer for this site, I’d have gone for “Ireland In The Stream”. An opportunity missed there, I feel, KC.
A touch of the Joe Root about Dolly’s shot…I have seen Joe lean into the ball that way.
I’ll get my coat – looks like I’d need it in Malahide.
That’s good. We’re consumed by regret now.
Ollie Pope plays that one too. We can visualise him as the ball sails to the boundary or detonates off stump.